Hockey
India on Friday announced the 18-member Indian Men’s team for the
Europe Tour of Belgium and Netherlands where six youngsters will be
making their debuts. The Europe Tour begins with the Indian Team taking
on Belgium on August 9 in the first Match in Boom, Belgium.
The team captain Manpreet Singh and Vice-captain is Chinglensana Singh has been announced.
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Hockey India has named a young team
for the tour with some of the key players who participated in the World
League Semi-Final 2017 (Men) being rested. The 18-member Team for the
Europe Tour will see six players making their debut including goalkeeper
Suraj Karkera from Mumbai who had missed the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
earlier this year due to an injury. The team will also see Junior World
Cup heroes Varun Kumar, Dipsan Tirkey, Nilakanta Sharma, Gurjant Singh
and Armaan Qureshi making their Indian men’s team debut. Talented
defender and dragflicker Amit Rohidas who had an outstanding season with
Kalinga Lancers, the winners of the 2017 Coal India Hockey India
League, too finds himself in the squad for the Europe Tour.
India are scheduled to play five
matches in their Europe Tour as they take on Belgium in the first two
matches on August 9 and 10. The Team will then move to Waalwijk,
Netherlands to face the home team on August 13 and 14. They will play
their fifth and final match of the Tour against Austria in Amstelveen,
Netherlands on August 16, 2017.
Ahead of their departure for the Europe Tour, the national squad will continue their National Camp until August 5, 2017.
Squad:
Goalkeepers
1. Akash Anil Chikte
2. Suraj Karkera
Defenders
3. Dipsan Tirkey
4. Kothajit Singh
5. Gurinder Singh
6. Amit Rohidas
7. Varun Kumar
Midfielders
8. SK Uthappa
9. Harjeet Singh
10. Manpreet Singh (Captain)
11. Chinglensana Singh (Vice-Captain)
12. Sumit
13. Nilakanta Sharma
Forwards
14. Mandeep Singh
15. Ramandeep Singh
16. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay
17. Gurjant Singh
18. Armaan Qureshi
India will play Belgium in their first match on August 9 at 22.30 hours IST.
